Walking Tour: Commonwealth Avenue: Boston's Grand Boulevard

Where: Meet your guide at the George Washington statue in the Public Garden, at the corner of Arlington Street and Commonwealth Avenue

Walking Tour: Commonwealth Avenue: Boston's Grand Boulevard

Join the BSA Foundation and Boston By Foot to explore Boston's grand boulevard, Commonwealth Avenue. The tour parallels the 19th century filling and development of the Back Bay from its origin at Arlington Street down seven blocks along the tree-lined, grassy Mall. See how careful effort over 150 years has preserved the grandeur of the Avenue.

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The Boston Society of Architects/AIA (BSA) reaches its sesquicentennial anniversary in 2017. That’s 150 years of design professionals working together to build often inventive and creative buildings for this city and for the people who live in it. It’s really quite amazing—150 years of progress, innovation, standard-setting, collaboration, and community building.

Other initiatives marking the 150th anniversary may include: an exhibition timeline at BSA Space focusing on the BSA's achievements over the last 150 years, weekly essays from a leader or ally of the organization, and plaques to be mounted on design award winning buildings.